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Around the globe, والد (Wald , Walde , والد ) is quite a common predominantly masculine, but scarcely female first name. The forename والد is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Morocco, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly name, Libya, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Algeria. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Morocco, Algeria, and Ethiopia. Also, والد is the last name as well as the forename.
والد is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .